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W.Va. Ethics Panel to Redo Meeting After Violation

The West Virginia Ethics Commission is redoing its December meeting because of a mistake that resulted in an open meetings violation. The commission has…

The West Virginia Ethics Commission is redoing its December meeting because of a mistake that resulted in an open meetings violation.
 
     The commission has scheduled a special meeting for Jan. 21 to revisit all the items on December’s agenda.
 
     Executive Director Joan Parker said Thursday that the commission forgot to post a notice of the meeting on the secretary of state’s website.
 
     West Virginia’s Open Meetings Act requires state agencies to file a notice of any meeting with the secretary of state for publication in the weekly State Register. The register is posted on the office’s website.
 
     Parker says the commission’s mistake is an opportunity to educate other governing bodies about rectifying inadvertent violations of the Open Meetings Act.
 

W.Va. Ethics Panel Admits Open Meetings Violation

The executive director of the state Ethics Commission admits the panel violated West Virginia's open meetings law. The violations occurred Thursday when…

The executive director of the state Ethics Commission admits the panel violated West Virginia’s open meetings law.
 
     The violations occurred Thursday when the commission failed to send the required notice of two meetings to the Secretary of State’s Office. One was devoted entirely to open meetings laws.
 
     According to state code, notice of public meetings must be approved and listed online for five business days to be legal.
 
     The commission’s executive director, Joan Parker, told the Daily Mail the panel was in error.
 
     Parker said the commission would take the necessary steps to correct the mistake. The next scheduled ethics commission meeting is in February.

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